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better at a temperature of 32 degs. tlian at any temperature higher 

 than this, and the quality of the fruit was equally as good. The 

 ability of all the diffeient fruits to stand up when removed from a 

 temperature of 32 degs. was far greater than from any temperature 

 higher than this. The general impression that cold stoiage fruits lack 

 quality and deteriorate quickly when removed from cold storage has 

 been found to be fallacious. 



" Wrapping fruit in tissue, parchment, paraflSn, or newspaper has 

 been found to prolong the storage season of winter ap{)les and late- 

 keeping peais, preserving their fresh appearance, preventing ac- 

 cumulation of mould on tlie stem or at the calyx, lessening the decay, 

 and preventing evaporation from the fruit. Little difference was 

 noticeable in the efficiency of the different wrappers. It is believed 

 that with all fancy fruit for long keeping, wrapping is worthy of 

 commercial consideration. 



" As to the effect of different kinds of packages on the keeping 

 quality of fruit it was found that the smaller open packages, which 

 permit of ventilation and rapid cooling down, are better than larger 

 packages like barrels, in which the fruit in the center is likely to 

 maintain a considerately higher temperature than the outside fruit, 

 and thus undergo a ripening process which hastens decay." 



